Re: .357 snubbie
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:14 pmPat Cannon wrote:1200 fps versus 700 or 800 is significant if you ask me.Holland&Holland wrote:Courious, do you really get much more performance using .357 over .38 special +P loads out of a 2 inch barrel?With the relatively heavy SP101 and the relatively large Hogue grips, I find the Magnum loads manageable, and therefor worthwhile. In an airweight gun with hard small 'boot' grips, might be a different story, I admit.Holland&Holland wrote:I am just thinking with the short barrel if one is able to control it better with .38 hollow points and the .38 deffinitly has a history of personal deffense applications why not stick with that in this size barrel? Just wondering and it seems that many on this forum have data on this so thought I would ask.
As far as history goes, there's lots of things we did for a long time just 'cause we didn't know any better.
That does count as significant.
Did not see your chart the first time. Thanks. I would have thought that one would lose more velocity out of a short barrel like that. Very interesting.